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31 October 2012
Nuclear Weapons

The myth of strategic stability

Pavel Podvig

Strategic stability is one of those ideas that seem to enjoy almost unqualified support among nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, nuclear disarmament advocates and skeptics, as well as nuclear abolitionists and nuclear hawks. And it is probably because of this universal support that the pursuit of strategic stability became the single most serious obstacle on the way toward nuclear disarmament.

Agree to Disagree
31 October 2012
Middle East

Standards properly applied

Christopher A. Ford
Agree to Disagree
30 October 2012
Middle East

Overstepping bounds

Daniel H. Joyner

Kathryn Nixdorff

Nixdorff is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Genetics at Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany. Her research has focused on molecular aspects of the interaction between microorganisms and the immune system.

29 October 2012

Con garantías, pero sin sensación de seguridad

Ramamurti Rajaraman (ES)

Los participantes de esta Mesa Redonda han identificado una serie de preocupaciones acerca de cómo funcionarán en la práctica los bancos de combustible de uranio poco enriquecido (LEU, por sus siglas en inglés).

Analysis
26 October 2012
Nuclear Weapons

On the brink of war -- and childbirth -- in Idaho

Charles G. Simpson

I completed missile officer training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas and reported to the new Titan I squadron -- officially known as the 569th Strategic Missile Squadron -- at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho in February 1962. My wife Carol and I departed Sheppard in our new sports car, stopping at the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas along the way.

Analysis
25 October 2012
Nuclear Weapons

On the brink of the abyss in the Urals

Valery Yarynich

The escalation of the crisis in relations between the United States and Soviet Union in October 1962 had a most direct impact on the lives of the staff officers for the Kirov rocket corps, named after the city nearest its bases in the Ural Mountains. On October 23, I received orders to go to one of the two divisions of our corps in which intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) of the 8K64 type -- SS-7 in American terminology -- had recently been put on combat duty.

Analysis
25 October 2012
Nuclear Energy

Advancing China's nuclear security

Hui Zhang

China, like all nuclear weapon states, bears a responsibility to provide leadership in nuclear security issues. But China's strategy for securing its nuclear weapons -- and the complex of facilities where fissile material for weapons is fabricated and stored -- has so far remained largely opaque.

25 October 2012

ضمانات لا تعطي إحساسا بالأمان

Ramamurti Rajaraman (AR)

حدد المشاركون في اجتماع المائدة المستديرة هذا عددا من المخاوف بشأن الطريقة العملية التي ستعمل بها بنوك الوقود لليورانيوم منخفض التخصيب.

Charles G. Simpson

A retired US Air Force colonel, Simpson is one of the founders of the Association of Air Force Missileers, a nationwide organization with more than 3,700 members.

25 October 2012

虽有保证，却不安心

Ramamurti Rajaraman (CH)

参与本次"圆桌讨论"的作者已指出关于低浓缩铀（LEU）燃料银行在实践中将如何工作的一些顾虑。我的同行们写的第一轮文章中很突出的一点是认为，靠燃料银行紧急提供低浓缩铀的发展中国家将被迫放弃"不扩散核武器条约"（NPT）规定的建立自有的铀浓缩和后处理设施的权利。在第二轮文章中，我的同行们都承认，国际原子能机构（IAEA）明确保证燃料银行的举措不会削弱国家核燃料循环方面的权利。

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
25 October 2012

Agreement, disagreement, and a path forward

Ta Minh Tuan

To this point, authors in this Roundtable have expressed markedly different levels of enthusiasm for international fuel banks. Ramamurti Rajaraman has generally supported the idea of fuel banks.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
25 October 2012

Acuerdos, desacuerdos y un camino por delante

Ta Minh Tuan (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
25 October 2012

同意、不同意，以及前进之路

Ta Minh Tuan (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
25 October 2012

اتفاق واختلاف وطريق نحو الأمام

Ta Minh Tuan (AR)

Valery Yarynich

Yarynich, a retired colonel, served as a specialist in command, control, and communications in the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces from 1959 until his retirement in 1986. From 1986 until 1992 he served at the Center for Operational-Strategic Research in the General Staff.

Columnists
24 October 2012
Biosecurity

The facts of fungi

Laura H. Kahn

It's the season for blood-sucking bats and flesh-eating zombies, but even the most ghoulish Halloween character can't hold a candle to one of the scariest life forms around: fungi.

Columnists
22 October 2012
Nuclear Weapons

Romney strikes out on nukes

Kingston Reif

Last month, I profiled President Barack Obama's record on nuclear threat reduction during his first term. I concluded that, while the president has taken impressive initial steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles, secure vulnerable nuclear materials, and retard the spread of nuclear weapons, key elements of his ambitious agenda remain unfinished.

18 October 2012

الشكوك لا تزال قائمة رغم التأكيدات

Khaled Toukan (AR)

في مقالي الأول من هذه المائدة المستديرة، أقررت بعض المزايا التي قد تعود على دولة ما حال اعتمادها على بنك دولي للوقود للحصول على إمدادات طارئة من اليورانيوم منخفض التخصيب، ولكني في المقام الأول قمت باستكشاف العيوب التي قد تشوب تنظيم كهذا.

18 October 2012

虽有保证，顾虑犹存

Khaled Toukan (CH)

在第一篇"圆桌讨论"的文章里，我承认国家依靠国际燃料银行来紧急供应低浓缩铀（LEU）有一定优势，但主要讨论的还是这一做法的弊端。我之所以提出这些弊端，是因为我原以为使用燃料银行的国家将被要求放弃其"核不扩散条约"所保障的权利，如铀浓缩或后处理乏燃料的权利。

18 October 2012

A pesar de las garantías, persisten las dudas

Khaled Toukan (ES)

En mi primer ensayo de la Mesa Redonda, reconocí las ventajas que podrían aprovechar los países que dependen de bancos internacionales de combustible para los suministros de emergencia de uranio poco enriquecido (LEU, por sus siglas en inglés), pero principalmente exploré las desven

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 October 2012

Assurances, but no sense of assurance

Ramamurti Rajaraman

The participants in this Roundtable have identified a number of concerns about the way that fuel banks for low-enriched uranium (LEU) will work in practice.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 October 2012

Con garantías, pero sin sensación de seguridad

Ramamurti Rajaraman (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 October 2012

虽有保证，却不安心

Ramamurti Rajaraman (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 October 2012

ضمانات لا تعطي إحساسا بالأمان

Ramamurti Rajaraman (AR)

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